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Anita D. Nath

@adn87.bsky.social
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Attorney. Parent. Member of the Silly Goose Club. "and here's a secret for you - everything beautiful is sad...gilded with impermanence." - John Geddes

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
1. I didn't see this story when it came out and it's really lovely 2.
The story's publish date, Feb 14, 2022A headline from Adweek: "BDG is shuttering tech title Input and laying off staff at Mic" from September 19, 2022
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Anita D. Nath @adn87.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Such a powerful episode of Actually Useful! Aaron Ping, father & producer of another great investigative pod, shares how Snapchat's intentional design connected his son Avery with a drug dealer leading to his death. Ariel, Josh & Aaron unpack Big Tech's lobbying/exploitation of our kids.
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Snapchat is Endangering Your Kids
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Anita D. Nath @adn87.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A little too Scroodge McDuck-y if you ask me!! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🍯🍯🍯🍯 #fuck #datacenters
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Anita D. Nath @adn87.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
how many billions of dollars worth of harm to kids do they have to get caught doing before they change their name again
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Pull The Plug @pulltheplug-ai.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
At times when Big Tech's control can feel crippling, it is crucial to remember that we have power to stunt the progress and development of these tech giants. Our voices matter, and we deserve proper consultation.
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Nat @neum76.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Big tech had the opportunity to facilitate positive changes in society. Instead, they sold us all out in the most egregious ways. It was a sociopathic choice bc they would have become billionaires w/ unlimited money either way they went. But they chose to fuck us all over for sick kicks.
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NotYourAverageSpice @spcyrlly.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Because many things are very stupid...here's a stream orchid, epipactis gigantea, from high in the Trinity Mountains, growing snuggled up to a tiny fen full of cobra lilies, darlingtonia californica. There's magic if you look (sometimes for weeks on weeks of adventuring!).
Epipactis gigantea, wild in the Northern California mountains and growing just inches from other orchids! This is a species of orchid known by the common names stream orchid and giant helleborine and chatterbox. This wildflower is native to western North America from British Columbia to central Mexico. This is one of the most abundant orchids of the Pacific coast of North America. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
KOSA sounds like it protects kids. But the actual bill text delivers paperwork protections for platforms, mandates new data collection on minors, and builds surveillance infrastructure and calls it child safety. Parents should stay in control. Not government mandates. You are the firewall.
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Kelly Stonelake (she/her) @kellystonelake.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Different stories but the same authoritarian & patriarchal habits of exploitation & impunity. Domination is protection, intentions & ambitions are a substitute for accountability, people who expose harm are punished & vilified, & consequences are imposed on less powerful people as costs of progress.
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August 2026: The Latest in Tech Authoritarianism
The Senate advances KOSA, Big Tech CEOs escape the witness chair, Meta’s secret $10 million political check, Boz’s threat against leakers, a disturbing employee arrest, and the cost of the AI boom
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
These are the biggest criminals in society www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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AFL-CIO Tech Institute @aflciotech.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Big Tech lobbyists are pushing to federally ban state AI guardrails—a move that would strip local authority and leave workers vulnerable. We cannot let Congress tie the hands of states keeping workers safe. 📖 Read why: bit.ly/4fYpuK9 #WorkersFirstAI
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ISSUE BRIEF: BANNING STATE AI REGULATIONS HARMS WORKERS
Updated June 5, 2026: Attempts to ban state regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) are dangerous and pose a significant threat to working people who are dealing with an onslaught of AI without app...
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nfariousactivities.bsky.social @nfariousactivities.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
——————————————————————- Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. By Tressie McMillan Cottom (thx for the gift!)
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Anita D. Nath @adn87.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We know where we are at with Big Tech and the addictive algorithms that harm our kids. But do we know how we got here? How far back the corporate power and greed goes? Aaron Ping's fascinating and timely podcast explores this and so much more. tiny.cc/si34101
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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026
NO to KOSA and the SCREEN Act: Tell Sen. Cantwell not to shield Big Tech from accountability and put LGBTQ+ teens at risk (1/2) The Senate Commerce committee has a markup this Wednesday (August 5) on KOSA, the SCREEN Act, and a few other bills. Sen. Cantwell is the Ranking Member, and we want […]
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Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · 28/07/2026
Lawmakers must include a duty of care in online safety legislation. Without it, Big Tech can continue avoiding responsibility for the harms they cause to kids. That's why we joined 60+ organizations urging the U.S. Senate to only consider bills with this standard. Kids deserve to be safe online.
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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
As I'm researching public health risks/harms across Canadian populations from digital engagement, it's overwhelmingly clear how much Big Tech lobbying happens to keep the federal policy environment permissive for harms their products cause to Canadians' health & well-being.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Under Trump: -An ExxonMobil lawyer runs DOJ's Environment division -An Amazon executive runs OSHA -A crypto and prediction markets lawyer runs the CFTC -A private prison executive runs ICE The list goes on... The revolving door is spinning out of control.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/07/2026
“Cornell researchers found that at the current rate of AI growth, the burgeoning industry could represent 24 to 44 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, the equivalent of adding five to ten million cars to US roadways.”
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The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible
The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
How AI destroys democracy. Lecture by the philosopher Ziad Mahayni. In German. Interesting. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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Big Tech - Wie Künstliche Intelligenz die Demokratie zerstört
Podcast Episode · Hörsaal - Deutschlandfunk Nova · 10 July · 1hr 9min
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/06/2026
The KIDS Act passed the House. But some worry differences between the House and Senate version could be exploited by tech companies. trib.al/ZAkrcid
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The Bill That Pits House Against Senate Against Big Tech
The KIDS Act passed the House. But some worry differences between the House and Senate version could be exploited by tech companies.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 30/06/2026
Today, I voted NO on the KIDS Act and remain dedicated to working across the aisle to negotiate legislation that will create meaningful change to protect kids — not half measures that allow Big Tech to harm our children.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A ban is a symbolic reset, writes Maeve Walsh of the Online Safety Act Network, but treating social media harms as a product safety failure—not just age-gating and hoping for the best—gets at the root, and it's already doable under the UK’s existing Online Safety Act.
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The New UK Prime Minister Inherits a Social Media Ban. The Real Goal Is Safety by Design.
Embedding safety by design is the only way to ensure substantive reduction of harms, argues Online Safety Act Network director Maeve Walsh.
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Brendan Poepplein @brentoonman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Ok folks, let's all stop the KIDS act immediately. We have until the live voting. Flood the floors with constant and angry calls and emails. We can't let censorship and surveillance win.
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Senate Commerce Dems @commerce.senate.gov · 29/06/2026
“The House is trying to pass a bad bill. A bad bill will only add to the illusion of safety, because then parents will trust that their kids are safer." - Tricia Maciejewski on why the KIDS Act in the House fails to adequately protect children. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT9F...
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Tricia Maciejewski at press event opposing the KIDS Act in the House
YouTube video by Commerce Dems
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Odin Ashcroft @odinashcroft.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org For once,I've actually gotten ahold of people at @golden.house.gov 's Washington DC and Maine offices, and made it VERY clear that he should OPPOSE The KIDS Act, which includes KOSA. Keep those calls going and your voices heard!
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Senate Commerce Dems @commerce.senate.gov · 29/06/2026
“Parents like me will not support the House[‘s] KIDS Act, but we will support the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act” – Lori Schott, the mother of a child who died by suicide after interacting with self-harm videos on social media. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUnw...
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Lori Schott at press event opposing the KIDS Act in the House
YouTube video by Commerce Dems
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Senate Commerce Dems @commerce.senate.gov · 29/06/2026
“The House KIDS Act is a slap in the face to all the parents who have fought so hard for years to pass meaningful legislation to protect kids online.” - Kristin Bride on why the Senate’s KOSA is a stronger bill to protect children online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq5V...
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Kristin Bride at press event opposing the KIDS Act in the House
YouTube video by Commerce Dems
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Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · 29/06/2026
The KIDS Act gives Big Tech a major win instead of protecting children. Today, tell your Representative to vote NO. Join the coalition of 90+ organizations by signing the letter. Stand with the families who have lost children to online harms. Stand against Big Tech.
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Congress: Vote NO on a KIDS Act That Protects Big Tech, Not Kids
House leadership just announced a deal to bring the KIDS Act to a floor vote. We need your help to stop it. We are parents who lost children to social media harms--to eating disorders, sextortion, suicide, and other preventable online harms. For years,...
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Bobby Brown @bobbyd0g.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Only about 90 minutes remain to contact your representative to vote NO on the "Kids Act" containing the prior "Kids Online Safety Act", a trojan horse for mass surveillance infrastructure and the criminalization of independent online community. Don't let them destroy the promise of the Internet!
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 29/06/2026
Four SCOTUS rulings. An Epstein deadline. Hungry kids. House Republicans too corrupt to govern. This week’s Digital Drumbeat cuts through the noise and tells you exactly what they don’t want you to see. Eyes open. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...
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What They Want You to Miss This Week
Four SCOTUS rulings. An Epstein deadline. Hungry kids. House Republicans too corrupt to govern. Here’s what they don’t want you to see.
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Anita D. Nath @adn87.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Anita D. Nath @adn87.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
@repkimschrier.bsky.social please do the right thing and vote NO on the KIDS Act! We are outside your offices in Issaquah right now letting people know that this HB has no duty of care that will just allow these companies to keep hurting our kids!
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
this is a story about a person who fled to seattle because their life was threatened because of who they are, the other a person who fled seattle because he was a selfish and entitled person who felt out of place these are not the same www.npr.org/2026/06/08/n...
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The red state, blue state divide is real. But it's driven by more than just politics
Recent research suggests there's more going on with "ideological sorting" than simply moving to places that match one's politics. It's often one of many deciding factors, such as taxes or safety.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
1. A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).
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UPDATE: The money behind a network of sham “progressive” super PACs
A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
To Fix Social Media, Make Companies Pay the Price of Compulsive Use journals.law.harvard.edu/jol/2026/06/... by @epic.org's Hayden Davis
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To Fix Social Media, Make Companies Pay the Price of Compulsive Use – Harvard Journal on Legislation
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 23/06/2026
‼️ Bad Internet Bills, disguised as “kids safety” bills, are moving through Congress again ‼️ It's time to get those phones in Congress ringing off the hooks again w/ one simple message: we refuse any bill that age restricts, censors & surveils the Internet. : www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Lawmakers cement bipartisan deal for kids online safety package
The new package complicates a separate push for a kids safety bill coming from the Senate.
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Children and Screens @childrenandscreens.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day #SMVRD, lean on evidence-based resources investigating social media’s impact on mental health outcomes for children and teens with the new Research-at-a-Glance on “Social Media and Youth Mental Health.” 🔗 bit.ly/4eBWPKb
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Musk would rather sue than hear about how many kids he’s killed www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Musk would rather sue than hear about how many kids he’s killed
Trillionaire Republican donor Elon Musk is threatening to sue California congressman Ro Khanna, a Democrat, after Khanna mentioned the death toll associated with Musk’s actions at the Department of…
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Anita D. Nath @adn87.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Today is Social Media Victims Rememberance Day. We will never forget the thousands of children who are gone because of harms perpetrated by Big Tech. Today is for 16-year-old Avery Ping. ❤️
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 23/06/2026
As Meta and other tech companies face thousands of lawsuits over allegations that they designed social media platforms to addict young users, a parallel big-money battle is unfolding in Delaware. Read more in @jgreenejenna.bsky.social’s column: reut.rs/4w3VJhm
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Ottawa Seniors for Climate Action Now @scan-ottawa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Big Tech Is a Thief and a Liar, Says New York Times Publisher newrepublic.com/article/2120... via @newrepublic.com
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Big Tech Is a Thief and a Liar, Says New York Times Publisher
A.G. Sulzberger urges the media to unite and fight back.
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 23/06/2026
So-Called AI Data Center "Ratepayer Protection Act" is Egregious Handout to Big Tech ->Food & Water Watch | More on "Big Tech data center ratepayer handout" at BigEarthData.ai | #AI #BigTech #Data
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So-Called AI Data Center "Ratepayer Protection Act" is Egregious Handout to Big Tech
Washington, D.C. – As soon as tomorrow, the House Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee may vote on the so-called Ratepayer Protection Act and other legislation that would fast-track the financing, permitting and construction of new hyperscale data centers across the country. The legislative package would speed construction of data centers, prioritize connection to the existing electric grid, and provide new means for companies to claim they are paying for their own power. In response, Food & Water Watch’s Managing Director of Policy and Litigation Mitch Jones issued the following statement: “The ‘Ratepayer Protection Act’ is the greatest use of a sly misnomer since the Vikings named Greenland. This legislation is an egregious handout to Big Tech that would do nothing to protect people and communities from the skyrocketing electricity rates, alarming water consumption and fossil fuel pollution that hyperscale data centers bring wherever they land. “This legislation is nothing more than a fig leaf to hide profiteering business-as-usual from Big Tech. The only real answer to the AI data center crisis is a full moratorium on new construction until it can be determined if, not how, the industry can ever operate in a responsible, sustainable manner that protects people and...
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Bill Patrick @ponderosatree.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Another big-tech backed anti-democracy flavored conference series, Dialog, unraveled by @davetroy.com. Rather than bringing together left and right thought leaders, it sounds more like Dialog is about bringing together pseudo intellectuals and big business interests. Fun times in a seminar setting!
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Nina 🇨🇦 @nima47.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Big tech billionaire CEOs will decide what’s best for their own bottom lines. They have nil, nada, no worries in the least about the future of workers or humanity.
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The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The corporate capture of public services is just one front in a much bigger fight for democratic control of our infrastructure. 🚨 One week today, we're joining @volteuropa.org to ask: what would a genuinely democratic alternative look like? Register ⤵️ streamyard.com/watch/NeRcQG...
The Citizens X Volt Europa graphic reading: The hostile takeover of democracy by big tech. Tuesday 30 June. 6pm BST/7pm CET. Live panel discussion. Followed by images and names of panelists.
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joteed.bsky.social @joteed.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Social media isn't safe for kids. These companies build addictive platforms and push harmful content that put children's lives at risk. This #SocialMediaVictimsRemembranceDay, join @counterhate.com & demand lawmakers hold Big Tech accountable: act.counterhate.com/page/145953/...
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Calling for kids' online safety
Social media isn't safe for kids. These companies build addictive tools and push harmful content that put children's lives at risk. This Social Media Victims Remembrance Day, demand lawmakers hold Big...
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 16/06/2026
It’s taken about 45 years for a politically potent supermajority of Americans to come together and realize that they’re on the losing end of a class war. The signs of this awakening are everywhere, even as Democrats’ response remains insufficient. buff.ly/gJ5e1YH
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AWOL in the Class War - The American Prospect
Americans realize they’ve lost power and income to the very rich. Too many Democrats, even too many unions, have yet to go to war for them.
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 16/06/2026
You might think this entire business strategy, which aims for local monopoly pricing power, would be illegal under the antitrust laws. But rollups fall between the cracks of existing laws and enforcement concepts, because the process of concentration occurs gradually.
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Nothing Is Safe From Private Equity Rollups - The American Prospect
Is antitrust enforcement equal to the challenge of defeating the most prevalent abuses?
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 16/06/2026
Between this and Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the two most ideologically conservative media moguls in America are setting themselves up for the post-cable future by rolling up huge oligopolies, insulated from competition.
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Fox Solves Its ‘Death of Cable’ Problem by Buying the Modern Cable Box - The American Prospect
A proposed merger with Roku gives Fox access to 100 million households, widespread advertising opportunities, and the ability to diminish rivals on a leading TV platform.
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